The FReeper Foxhole's TreadHead Tuesday - 2nd Battle of El Alamein (10/23-11/3 1942)-Sep 13th, 2005

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[GailA]

Good afternoon Snippy, Sam and everyone. No quilting today, I went to the funeral of a WW2 Vet this morning.

[snippy_about_it]

If "Monty" hadn't served on the side that allowed him huge advantages in material and men, he would have been an abject failure.

I'm inclined to think he was anyway.

[snippy_about_it]

Thanks EGC.

[USMCBOMBGUY]

Good afternoon all

[snippy_about_it]

LOL. They'd have to pay me extra to drive that! Lots extra!!

[snippy_about_it]

Good afternoon Gail.

[Professional Engineer]

Howdy ma'am

[snippy_about_it]

it must be remembered that Monty had a habit of conforming the plan to his failures and delays to make it appear that everything was going according to Monty's schedule.

Just like capturing Caen 2 months late, "Holding the Germans around Caen" while the Americans broke out at Avranche and his "partial success" in Market-Garden (Without the Arnhem bridge the operation was a failure, IMHO)

Erwin Rommel has been my idol and tank god since I was 10. He was why I became an armor officer. So you might say, in the armor sense, I will have no gods before him.

It took you till 10 to realize Rommel was a tank god? ;-) I wanted to get into Armor, but being color blind kept me out. :-(

[SAMWolf]

ARRRGH!!!!!! Snippy left herself signed on again!! Post 48 was from me.

[SAMWolf]

LOL! Monty turned every operation into a quagmire, he wasn't real good with "fast moving operations"

[SAMWolf]

I went to the funeral of a WW2 Vet this morning.

:-(

[PzLdr]

First guy to really get my attention was Chingghis Quan

[PzLdr]

One of my favorite parts of Market Garden was Monty's failure to clear the Scheldt Estuary after occupying [seizing is such a strong word when you're talking Monty]Antwerp, thus allowing Von Zangen's 15th Army to cross intact to the north and hit XXX Corps. flank on their way up the road.

I can't think of one operation that idiot ran that went off on time, accomplished the objective when it was supposed to, showed more than a pedestrian understanding of tactics and strategy, and showed ANY flexibility, or the ability to turn on a dime. The three great British Generals of WWII are :Slim, Auchinleck and O'Connor.

[Valin]

He reminds me of George B. McClellan, always crying that he needs more troops.

[snippy_about_it]

You should pay attention then you won't post under my name. Why is it always my fault? :-)

[snippy_about_it]

Good evening USMCBOMBGUY.